SB 1756 would prohibit federal discrimination against health care entities that decline to participate in abortion and strengthen enforcement of existing federal conscience-protection laws.
SB 1756, introduced by Sen. James Lankford, would amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit discrimination against health care entities — including hospitals, insurers, and individual providers — that decline to participate in abortion on religious or moral grounds. The bill would strengthen enforcement of existing federal conscience-protection statutes.
For The American Council, this bill speaks directly to two of our core priorities: religious liberty and the sanctity of life. No doctor, nurse, or hospital should be forced to choose between their faith and their livelihood. Existing federal conscience laws have often gone unenforced, leaving pro-life health care providers vulnerable to discrimination. SB 1756 would give those protections real teeth.
SB 1756 was introduced in the Senate on May 14, 2025, and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, which held a hearing on the bill on March 19, 2026. The bill remains in committee awaiting further action before it can advance to the Senate floor.
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